Virginia Bottomley

Virginia Bottomley is the Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone and a member of the House of Lords, and the wife of Member of Parliament Peter Bottomley. She formerly served as Secretary of State for National Heritage, under John Major, as and a Conservative Party MP.

While in Parliament, she served as an officer of the following parliamentary groups:


 * Childhood and Adult Sexual Abuse APPG
 * Pharmaceutical Industry APPG
 * Social Science and Policy APPG
 * Tourism APPG
 * Town and Country APPG

Register of Members Interests
1. Remunerated directorships
 * Member of the Supervisory Board of Akzo Nobel; Dutch multinational company.
 * International Resources Group Ltd. (Odgers Ray and Berndston); executive recruitment consultancy.

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
 * Partner: Odgers Ray and Berndtson.

6. Overseas visits
 * October 2002, to Canada, to address Ditchley Conference on future of health care funding. Travel and accommodation paid for by Ditchley Foundation. (Registered 22 October 2002)

8. Land and Property
 * Income from house sharing in London and occasional holiday letting of properties in Isle of Wight and Surrey.

She is Chancellor of the University of Hull and on the Council of the London School of Economics.


 * Advisory Trustee, International Business Leaders Forum